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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday 21st February 2010
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Silent Key
We are sorry to tell you of the sudden death on 13
February of Pat Kane EI9GE of Bray Co. Wicklow.
Pat was a great CW man and a keen observer of propagation
particularly on 10 metres. His funeral took place on
Wednesday last.
To his wife Nora, his daughter Karen, his sons Andrew and
Aaron and to his extended family we extend our sincerest
sympathy. May he rest in peace.
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IRTS 78th AGM
Dundalk Amateur Radio Society shall be hosting the 78th
Irish Radio Transmitters Society A.G.M over the weekend
of Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th April 2010.
The venue for the event is the Fairways Hotel, Dundalk
Co.Louth, a number of rooms have been reserved for anyone
staying overnight, however it is advisable to book a room
early.
The Annual IRTS Meal will commence on Saturday 24th April
2010 at 8.30pm.The Radio Rally will commence on Sunday
25th April 2010 at 11.00am, followed by the IRTS AGM at
2.00pm.
Further details for booking trader's tables or any other
info please e-mail the following Thos EI2JD at email
address chairman@ei7dar.com or Peter EI4HX at email
address secretary@ei7dar.com
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Nomination of Awards for IRTS Trophies.
The time is here again for nominations for the several
awards for IRTS trophies. When considering your
nominations please refer to previous successful nominees
as included in www.irts.ie/cgi/awards.cgi
Closing date for nominations is April 2nd 2010
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Request for Return of Trophies presented in 2009
It is time once again to recall all trophies presented at
the 2009 AGM.
Trophies and cups can be returned to the IRTS stand at
the Phoenix Radio Rally, or to any IRTS Committee Member
to arrive to Peter EI4HX on or before the IRTS committee
meeting in early March 2010. This will allow time for
engraving to be done, and also any small repairs.
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AREN Voice Net
AREN will be holding a voice net tonight at 19:30. Net
participants are requested to generate suitable IARU
messages for the exercise.
Also, a reminder to those members who have not moved over
the google group yet, to do so.
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EchoLink for iPhone
A new app is now available that allows radio amateurs to
use the EchoLink system from their iPhone or iPod.
iPhone users can use either a WiFi or 3G (cellular)
Internet connection.
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Move of GB3VHF beacon
After 50 years at Wrotham, the GB3VHF 144 MHz beacon will
be moving to a new site at Fairseat in Kent (JO01EH).
The Ofcom license for the beacon at the new site has
already been obtained, so once the antennas at Fairseat
are rigged, the beacon will appear on the air shortly
afterwards once schedueling and suitable weather are
available. We hope to bring further updates on this
beacon when available.
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Repeater Success GB3CP
Brendan Rooney EI6CS, Keeper of the Sligo Repeater said
"thank you for bringing us together for a very useful
evening". His was a typical comment among a strong
gathering of 30 radio amateurs and experimenters convened
by Lough Erne Amateur Radio Club to thank those who
provide Repeaters and encourage greater use of Repeaters.
The meeting was in the SHARE centre which is also the
venue for the Club's rally on Sunday 11 April.
John McCullagh GI4BWM, Chairman of RSGB's Emerging
Technologies Coordinating Committee gave an excellent
exposition on the design and building of Repeaters. There
followed much sharing of experiences among Keepers,
including Billy Pollock GI3NVW Keeper of the West Tyrone
Repeater, GB3WT.
More Information, Michael Clarke, MI5MTC, Chairman Lough
Erne AARC, Email mi5mtc@learc.eu
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Sardinia DXpedition
Members of the F6KOP Team will be active as IS0R from
Isola Rossa, Sardinia (EU-024, Loc. JN41ka), between May
7-15th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters, using 3
stations on HF and 1 station on 6 meters.
They plan to use CW, SSB and RTTY.
Each station will be a FT450 with an Acom 1010 using
Micro Ham and PC.
Antennas include 6m Yagi Beam, Spider Beam for 30-10m,
4 square for 40m, vertical for 80m (K9AY) and an Inverted
L for 160m plus a Beverage.
QSO Route to be arranged
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AS-127 St Martin's Island DXpedition postponed
Due to not getting a license and operating permission
from the island in time, the S2DX team has had to
postpone the IOTA which was scheduled for this week.
The team still hopes to receive permission and a licence
to operate however they would like to apologise for any
inconvenience caused.
The S2DX team hopes to have permission and documents in
order ASAP and will advise if possible the new
operational schedule.
Updates will also appear on the Teams Website
www.s2dx.org
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The Royal Signals Amateur Radio Society e-Library
The Royal Signals Amateur Radio Society (RSARS) has made
a number of its technical documents available for
download. Included in the collection are a number of very
interesting HF antenna designs and related projects.
The files, which are in .PDF format, are available for
all to download.
You'll find the collection at:
http://www.rsars.org.uk/ELIBRARY/docsants.htm
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South East Amateur Radio Group
The Annual General Meeting of South Eastern Amateur Radio
Group will take place at 8.00 p.m. on Monday the 22nd of
February 2010 in the Roanmore Social & Sports Club,
Cleaboy Road, Waterford.
All members are asked to attend and visitors are welcome.
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Limerick Radio Club
The AGM of the Club will be held on Thursday 25th
February 2010 at the Limerick Institute of Technology
at 7:30 pm. All members of the Club are requested to
attend.
The regular monthly meeting on the 2nd Thursday
of the month (11th February) has been cancelled to
facilitate the AGM later in the month.
****
South Dublin Radio Club
The South Dublin Radio Club annual general meeting (AGM)
will take place on Tuesday 2nd of March.
Classes are still being run every Tuesday evening and
Visitors are always welcome.
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Rallies
Please check IRTS website for Rally listings, new
listings will be mentioned on the Radio News to
facilitate scheduling and travel arrangements
Bangor & District Amateur Radio Society
The BDARS 2010 rally is being held on Saturday 3rd July
2010 at 11:30 AM. This year the Rally is being held in a
new location and its also being held on a Saturday. The
new location is "Donaghadee community centre".
Postcode is BT21 0HE if you need to use your satnav.
More details(and a map) on the website www.bdars.com
For Rally info and contact details please check out the
IRTS Website at http://www.irts.ie/cgi/rallies.cgi
****
This week in History
1878 Edison patents his Phonograph.
1893 Tesla describes his wireless radiation system.
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Items for inclusion in next weeks Radio News should be
forwarded to Charlie EI8JB, preferably via e-mail to
"charlie dot carolan at gmail dot com" Or by phone to
087-6265418 News can also be submitted via e-mail to
"newsteam at irts dot ie" for automatic forwarding to
both the radio and printed news services.
Please note that items for the radio news should
reach the editor no later than midday on Thursday in
order to be guaranteed inclusion in the following
Sunday's bulletin.
Best 73 from John, Sysop @ EI3DIB.#TIPP.IRL.EU
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